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Phillies appear primed to repeat as champs

By Peter Gammons

Saturday, October 24, 2009

The Phillies wait a week for the World Series, which may rest their pitching staff, and may or may not cool the hitters that pummeled the Dodgers. As the rain beat down Saturday morning in the Northeast, they didn't know if their next game was at Yankee Stadium or The Big A, but it really doesn't matter, because whomever they play had better be ready for the best American League team that plays its regular season in the National League. How much the Phillies deserved their 2008 World Series rin ...

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